GO term: glutamate-cysteine ligase activity Help


Ontology: Molecular Function (GO:0004357)

Definition: Catalysis of the reaction: ATP + L-glutamate + L-cysteine = ADP + phosphate + gamma-L-glutamyl-L-cysteine.

Synonyms: gamma-glutamyl-L-cysteine synthetase activity; gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase activity; gamma-glutamylcysteinyl synthetase activity; L-glutamate:L-cysteine gamma-ligase (ADP-forming) activity

Annotation Summary


This table lists the methods used to annotate genes either directly to the term glutamate-cysteine ligase activity (1 gene) or to its variants containing one or more qualifiers (0 genes). Note that some genes may have been annotated by more than one method so the numbers in the table below may not add up to the totals given here.

Annotation Method GO Term # Yeast Genes Annotated
Manually curated (download data) glutamate-cysteine ligase activity 1
High-throughput none none
Computational (download data) glutamate-cysteine ligase activity 1

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Genes Annotated with this Term


Annotation details for genes that have been directly annotated to the term glutamate-cysteine ligase activity or its variants containing one or more qualifiers (NOT, contributes to, or colocalizes with).

glutamate-cysteine ligase activity
     1 gene directly annotated to this term
Locus Evidence Annotation Method Reference Assigned By
GSH1/YJL101C IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
Assigned on 2006-12-07
manually curated Kistler M, et al.  (1990) Genetic and biochemical analysis of glutathione-deficient mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mutagenesis 5(1):39-44 SGD
IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay
Assigned on 2003-01-15
manually curated Ohtake Y and Yabuuchi S  (1991) Molecular cloning of the gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast 7(9):953-61 SGD
IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation
with EBI:IPR004308
Last Updated 2009-11-20
computational DDB, et al.  (2001) Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms. UniProtKB
IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation
with IUBMB:6.3.2.2
Last Updated 2009-11-20
computational GOA curators and MGI curators  (2001) Gene Ontology annotation based on Enzyme Commission mapping. UniProtKB

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